New Jersey State Guide

Capital: Trenton

December 18, 1787 (3rd state)

New Jersey State Map: Guide and Information Resources Italian Giovanni da Verrazano, in 1524, was the first European to explore the area we know today as New Jersey. One of the original 13 states (it joined the Unionon December 18, 1787), it was named after the island of Jersey in the English Channel. New Jersey is referred to as the "Garden State" because of its fertile farmland. General George Washington won a key Revolutionary War battle at Trenton when he crossed the Delaware River from Pennsylvania and surprised the Hessian soldiers stationed there. Trenton is the state capital, and the flower is the purple violet. Atlantic City, a resort town and home to the Miss America pageant, attracts visitors from around the world.

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Largest City- Newark
Area - 8,722 square miles [New Jersey is the 47th biggest state in the USA]
Population - 8,414,350 (as of 2000) [New Jersey is the ninth most populous state in the USA]
Major Industries - farming (potatoes, tomatoes, peaches), chemicals, pharmaceuticals, petroleum-based products, insurance, tourism
Presidential Birthplace - Grover Cleveland was born in Caldwell on March 18, 1837 (he was the 22nd and 24th US President, from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897).
Major Rivers - Delaware River, Hudson River
Highest Point - High Point - 1,803 feet (550 m) above sea level (located in the northernmost part of New Jersey)
Bordering States - New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Bordering Body of Water - Atlantic Ocean

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